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Can Diaspora Jews Move On From October 7? - with Rabbi David Wolpe and Rabbi David Ingber
Three years after October 7, the Jewish diaspora faces a fundamental shift in identity as the conflict migrates from physical battlefields to Western politics, universities, and cultural institutions. This transition challenges the long-held assumption that liberal democracy and Jewish flourishing are inherently aligne...

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Inside the Hostage Negotiations - with Brett McGurk
The hostage negotiations following the October 7th attacks reveal the extreme complexity of balancing military pressure with the urgent need to secure the release of captives. Brett McGurk, President Biden’s senior Middle East advisor, details the internal deliberations of the U.S. administration and the irreconcilable...
How Fiction Will Remember October 7 - with Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff
Is the Iran-Sanctions Playbook Coming for Israel? - with Mark Dubowitz
The vulnerability of Israel to systemic financial warfare, modeled on the decades-long isolation campaign against Iran, poses a significant strategic threat. While Israel currently maintains economic resilience, the convergence of ideological extremes and shifting American public opinion creates a dangerous political p...
Sneak Peek: Amit Segal on why Israel can't address its long-term problems, and more...
Is Israel’s Global Standing on The (Israeli) Ballot? - with Amit Segal and Nadav Eyal
Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming United Nations address functions primarily as a domestic political performance aimed at Israeli voters rather than an international diplomatic maneuver. Israel faces a significant deterioration in American public opinion, with favorability dropping sharply across demographics due to the ab...
Naza: When a Film is the News
The film Naza, which accuses Israel of intentional mass civilian killing in Gaza, has become a focal point of intense debate within Israeli society, despite few having actually seen it. The 25-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival serves as a performative, almost totalitarian expression of anti-Israel sen...
Can Israel Learn the Lesson of 70 AD? - with Gidi Dar and Rabbi David Stav
The fall of the Second Temple in 70 AD serves as a cautionary mirror for modern Israel, where internal political polarization and social fragmentation threaten national stability. Filmmaker Gidi Dar, creator of the animated film Legend of Destruction, and Rabbi David Stav analyze how the historical conflict between Jew...
Have we forgotten what we learned after 9/11? - LIVE with Douglas Murray
The 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks highlights a profound disconnect between operational security successes and a deteriorating cultural foundation in the West. Historical memory has been obscured by a "fog" that prevents an accurate understanding of the uncertainty faced by leaders in 2001, leading to t...
MBZ’s Warning to Netanyahu, Days Before Oct 7 - with Amit Segal and Nadav Eyal
The Ascendent Journey of The High Holidays - with Rachel Goldberg-Polin
Sneak Peek: Dan on the One State “Solution,” and more…
Who REALLY Made the Modern Middle East - with Simon Sebag Montefiore (Part 2)
The Middle East’s geopolitical landscape is defined by the rise of non-Arab military powers—specifically Iran, Turkey, and Israel—rather than the traditional Arab-Israeli conflict. The 2003 Iraq War fundamentally altered regional dynamics by removing a key check on Iran, enabling it to cultivate a "proto-empire" throug...
Who REALLY Made the Modern Middle East - with Simon Sebag Montephiore
The modern Middle East is often mischaracterized as a mere product of Western colonial border-drawing, ignoring the profound agency of local actors who shaped the region’s trajectory. Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Cauldron, argues that the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the subsequent rise of regi...
Sneak Peek: Amit Segal on why Ben Gvir is a disaster for Israel
The Turkey-Israel Proxy War in Syria - with Nadav Eyal
ISRAEL VOTES: How the Mizrahi-Ashkenazi divide still shapes Israeli politics - with Mijal Bitton

Sneak Peek: Jon Polin answers questions from young Jewish adults
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